{"id":157667,"date":"2023-09-20T12:25:49","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T18:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/virtual\/?p=157667"},"modified":"2025-01-03T11:34:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T17:34:20","slug":"introducing-enrollment-program-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/virtual\/introducing-enrollment-program-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Enrollment Program Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are so thrilled that the Fall Session is starting off soon for all our enrollment programs! We are thrilled to be offering GiGiFIT Kids, GiGi\u2019s Kitchen Kids, and GiGi\u2019s Kitchen Adult this Fall! These 15-week enrollment programs are a big commitment for our families as well as our volunteers and we know that many <strong><em>best of all<\/em><\/strong> moments are on the way! We wanted to take a moment to introduce our new program leaders to our Virtual family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Glynis: GiGi\u2019s Kitchen Adult Program Leader<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHi! My name is Glynis and I live in North Carolina. I love to cook and prepare food for other people. I share a home with my daughter and our two dogs and enjoy taking them for long walks in nature. I love volunteering and do so in a few different ways. I&#8217;m very excited to meet our amazing GiGi\u2019s cooks! See you in the kitchen!\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/virtual\/files\/2023\/09\/Glynis-3-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-157668\" style=\"width:399px;height:532px\" width=\"399\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/virtual\/files\/2023\/09\/Glynis-3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/virtual\/files\/2023\/09\/Glynis-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/virtual\/files\/2023\/09\/Glynis-3-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/virtual\/files\/2023\/09\/Glynis-3-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/virtual\/files\/2023\/09\/Glynis-3-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chloe: GiGiFIT Kids Program Leader<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHi! My name is Chloe. I&#8217;m 23 years old and am currently working to become a genetic counselor. I went to UCLA, I love hiking, animals, and the beach! I&#8217;m so excited to work with all of you and think we&#8217;re going to have a great time together!&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/virtual\/files\/2023\/09\/Chloe-photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-157669\" style=\"width:340px;height:380px\" width=\"340\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/virtual\/files\/2023\/09\/Chloe-photo.jpg 403w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/virtual\/files\/2023\/09\/Chloe-photo-268x300.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Avisha: GiGi\u2019s Kitchen Kids Program Leader<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hello everyone! My name is Avisha Thota, and I am the program leader for GiGi\u2019s Kitchen Kids. I am currently an undergraduate student from Chicago, IL and I love working with my community, especially with younger children. I am also a volunteer for GiGi\u2019s Playhouse Down to Dance during the fall and spring months. Some of my hobbies include dancing and cooking. I am so excited to be part of the GiGi\u2019s Playhouse community!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/virtual\/files\/2023\/09\/Avisha-866x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-157670\" style=\"width:327px;height:387px\" width=\"327\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/virtual\/files\/2023\/09\/Avisha-866x1024.jpeg 866w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/virtual\/files\/2023\/09\/Avisha-254x300.jpeg 254w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/virtual\/files\/2023\/09\/Avisha-768x908.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/virtual\/files\/2023\/09\/Avisha-1299x1536.jpeg 1299w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/virtual\/files\/2023\/09\/Avisha-1732x2048.jpeg 1732w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you Glynis, Avisha, and Chloe for volunteering your time to change the way the world views Down syndrome and send a global message of acceptance for all! Our participants are enjoying learning from you and we are so grateful to have you on the team!\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are so thrilled that the Fall Session is starting off soon for all our enrollment programs! We are thrilled to be offering GiGiFIT Kids, GiGi\u2019s Kitchen Kids, and GiGi\u2019s Kitchen Adult this Fall! These 15-week enrollment programs are a big commitment for our families as well as our volunteers and we know that many&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1558,"featured_media":157671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpo365_audiences":[],"wpo365_private":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/virtual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/virtual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/virtual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/virtual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1558"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/virtual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/virtual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/virtual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/virtual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/virtual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/virtual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}